Meaning & use
headroom
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The vertical space available above a person's head, or above a vehicle, sufficient to avoid hitting something.
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The parking garage had only six feet of headroom, too low for the delivery van.
The attic's sloped ceiling left little headroom for standing upright.
A note on using this word
Also used figuratively in audio engineering to mean the margin between a signal's normal level and the point where it distorts.
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Another way to use it
2. noun
In audio engineering, the margin between a signal's normal operating level and the point at which distortion occurs.
The mixing engineer left extra headroom so the recording wouldn't clip.
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